Only in America does cowardice pay off in professional boxing.

Here is an unofficial timeline compilation, including all of Floyd Mayweather's

massive inventory of excuses since late 2009 to relentlessly avoid a world champ
ionship superfight against Manny Pacman
Floyd Mayweather: "All Pacquiao has to do is call out my name if he wants to fig
ht me."
Manny Pacquiao: "I want to fight Mayweather."
George Peterson (associate of Al Haymon): "The fight will never happen. It will
never happen. Some fights aren't meant to be made. Floyd will duck Pacquiao fore
ver."
Oscar: "It has to happen. There's just too much money involved."
Floyd: "Manny already has five losses. There is no blueprint to beat me."
Floyd: "I'm not doing the fight because Pacquiao is on steriods, he's won't take
the test."
Manny: "Okay, I will take all of your drug tests even on the day of the fight an
d right after the fight. Let's fight."
Floyd: "I want more money. I'm not interested in boxing right now. I'm cleaning
up boxing and cleaning up all sports."
Manny: "Okay, I will take lesser pay, you can have 55%, let's fight."
Floyd: "I'm not doing the fight if Bob Arum is involved. I hate Bob Arum. I'm cl
eaning up boxing and all sports, to make it a level playing field."
Floyd: "I'm dedicating time to training kids at my gym I'm not interested in box
ing."
Manny: "Let's do winner take all."
Floyd Sr: "I fear for my son's life if he fights Pacquiao. That's what it comes
down to."
Floyd: "Fans and media please support me, let me duck Pacquiao, I wear the red w
hite and blue, Pacquiao takes money out of America and gives it to Filippinos."
Floyd: "I don't love boxing anymore like I used to, because boxing isn't real an
ymore."
Floyd: "I lied. Manny Pacquiao is clean, he never took no steroids. I'm sorry. I
'm paying Manny a settlement for the defamation lawsuit. But I'm not revealing t
he three tests where I allegedly tested positive myself just like my two fighter
s J'Leon Love and Mickey Bey tested positive."
Fans and media: "Pacquiao-Mayweather is the only fight that will draw the bigges
t numbers in boxing history. We want to see Mayweather vs. Pacquiao."
Floyd: "Health is more important than money. I want to be there for my kids. I d
on't want to be walking with a limp or end up like Muhammad Ali. I'm smart. I'm
a rich scared coward."
Floyd: "I'm on vacation."
Fans and media: "Shut up Floyd, just fight Manny."
Floyd: "I'm not interested in boxing right now, I'm focusing on promoting. Pacqu
iao needs to avenge his losses to Bradley and Marquez first."
Floyd: "I call all the shots, I'm my own boss. Pacquiao isn't his own boss."
Steven A. Smith: "The way I see it Floyd is ducking Pacquiao."
Pacquiao loses to Marquez by KO
Floyd: "Manny is washed up now so I'm not fighting him. He has to sign with TMT
and leave Top Rank."
Pacquiao: "If it's such an easy fight then why not fight me?"
Leonard Ellerbe: "Floyd is never going to fight Pacquiao, Pacquiao had his chanc
e and he didn't take it."
Steven A. Smith: "Manny, do you think Floyd is afraid of you."
Manny: "I think it's kind of that [smiling]."
Floyd: "I want my team to continue handpicking all my opponents. To steal more m
oney from the fans."
Pacquiao dominates Brandon Rios in Macau
Floyd Sr: "Manny has to fight Canelo or Guerrero first then he can have a fight
with Floyd."
Floyd: "Manny is 1-2 of his last three fights. He just beat a lightweight that w
as tailor made for him."
Floyd Sr: "Manny ain't ready for my son."
Floyd: "Manny's PPV numbers are dropping, they aren't as good as mine. Amir Khan
is a solid opponent."
Manny: "I want to fight Floyd Mayweather"
World Boxing Council: "We're installing Manny Pacquiao as the No. 1 contender to
force Floyd to fight Manny next year."
Floyd: "I don't need a belt, the belt doesn't make the fighter. I'm bigger than
boxing. I will vacate the belt. I'm going to handpick Khan, he's a solid opponen
t. Al Haymon will manipulate Showtime to buy it. Khan is a solid opponent."
Floyd Sr: "Khan is faster than Manny."
Floyd: "The only reason Manny is trying to fight me now is because of his tax pr
oblems, he needs the money. He's not challenging me for the fans or to give the
world a superfight, he needs the money."
Update : Al Haymon has been instrumental in allowing Mayweather to duck Pacquiao
. Keeping Floyd undefeated is vitally important for Haymon to maintain his lever
age and influence in boxing. As one astute scribe said it, "Floyd Mayweather is
the Harlem Globetrotters, all his opponents are the Washington Generals."
American boxing desperately needs a Tyson Ali Leonard type star to sell to the p
ublic. Floyd has been chosen to play the role of the modern American boxing star
. Mayweather's cowardice combined with Haymon's desperate need to control an "un
beatable" corporate boxing entity are the two reasons why Floyd Mayweather has b
een permitted to successfully engineer the greatest duck in boxing history.

The only hope to make Pacquiao vs. Mayweather a reality is for annoyed fans to b
oycott and cancel their Showtime subscriptions until Mayweather is forced to sig
n to fight Pacquiao.